Panthers erase deficit with 2 goals in 11 seconds, beat Lightning 4-2 to take 3-1 series lead

— Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scored third-period goals 11 seconds apart and the Florida Panthers stormed from behind to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the first-round series.
Apr 28, 2026, 11:29 pm - AP
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1st Period
No Goals Scored
2nd PeriodTBFLA
9:06Anton Lundell (1)
Assists: Brad Marchand (2), Eetu Luostarinen (1)
01
12:21Mitchell Chaffee (1)
Assists: Emil Lilleberg (1), Nick Perbix (1)
11
12:32Erik Cernak (1)
Assists: Jake Guentzel (3)
21
3rd PeriodTBFLA
16:13Aaron Ekblad (1)
Assists: Sam Reinhart (3)
22
16:24Seth Jones (1)
Assists: Anton Lundell (1), Dmitry Kulikov (2)
23
18:20Carter Verhaeghe (1) (Empty Net)
Assists: Aleksander Barkov (4)
24

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Anton Lundell hit Erik Cernak
  • Niko Mikkola hit Nick Paul
  • Niko Mikkola hit Yanni Gourde
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Niko Mikkola hit Gage Goncalves
  • Nico Sturm hit Nick Perbix
  • Aleksander Barkov hit Brayden Point
  • Niko Mikkola hit Nikita Kucherov
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Jake Guentzel
  • Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues
  • Giveaway by Matthew Tkachuk
  • Nate Schmidt hit Brandon Hagel
  • Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov
  • Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Brayden Point
  • Sam Reinhart hit Victor Hedman
  • Niko Mikkola Snap Shot Wide Right
  • A.J. Greer hit Mitchell Chaffee
  • Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Eetu Luostarinen Backhand Wide Left
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  • Nick Paul shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Gustav Forsling Slashing against Nikita Kucherov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Jake Guentzel
  • Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Sam Reinhart hit Erik Cernak
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Anthony Cirelli
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Ryan McDonagh
  • Giveaway by Matthew Tkachuk
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Brandon Hagel
  • Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  • Niko Mikkola hit Yanni Gourde
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Brayden Point
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Sam Bennett Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit J.J. Moser
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Nick Paul
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Erik Cernak
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sam Bennett hit Nikita Kucherov
  • Gustav Forsling hit Brayden Point
  • Dmitry Kulikov Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Luke Glendening shot blocked by Brad Marchand
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Zemgus Girgensons
  • Giveaway by A.J. Greer
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Nick Perbix
  • Sam Reinhart Deflected Wide Left
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  • Giveaway by Brad Marchand
  • Evan Rodrigues hit J.J. Moser
  • Takeaway by Gustav Forsling
  • Sam Reinhart Wrap-around Wide Right
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Takeaway by Gustav Forsling
  • Sam Reinhart hit Nick Paul
  • Aleksander Barkov Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Seth Jones hit Gage Goncalves
  • Niko Mikkola hit Nick Paul
  • Anton Lundell Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brad Marchand (2), Eetu Luostarinen (1)
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Niko Mikkola hit Anthony Cirelli
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Brandon Hagel
  • Nico Sturm faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Emil Lilleberg
  • Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov
  • A.J. Greer hit Nick Perbix
  • Sam Reinhart hit Brayden Point
  • Seth Jones Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Gustav Forsling hit Luke Glendening
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Niko Mikkola hit Zemgus Girgensons
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Ryan McDonagh
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Yanni Gourde shot blocked by Sam Bennett
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Brayden Point
  • Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Aleksander Barkov Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Dmitry Kulikov Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Ryan McDonagh
  • Niko Mikkola Boarding against Zemgus Girgensons served by A.J. Greer
  • Niko Mikkola Game Misconduct
  • Nico Sturm faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Brad Marchand hit Gage Goncalves
  • Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
  • Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Anton Lundell
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
  • Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Nick Paul
  • Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Sam Bennett
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Nick Paul
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Seth Jones Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Ryan McDonagh
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Nick Perbix
  • Sam Bennett hit Nikita Kucherov
  • Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  • Takeaway by Matthew Tkachuk
  • Evan Rodrigues hit Nick Paul
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Zemgus Girgensons
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Nick Perbix
  • Brad Marchand hit Emil Lilleberg
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sam Reinhart Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Aaron Ekblad Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (3)
  • Seth Jones Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (1), Dmitry Kulikov (2)
  • Carter Verhaeghe Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (4)
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Yanni Gourde Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Gage Goncalves hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Nico Sturm shot blocked by Brandon Hagel
  • Seth Jones shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  • Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
  • Icing
  • Nick Paul faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Nick Paul hit Aleksander Barkov
  • Icing
  • Brayden Point faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Erik Cernak hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Nick Perbix Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Anthony Cirelli hit Nate Schmidt
  • Nick Perbix Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Icing
  • Brayden Point faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Darren Raddysh Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Puck in Benches
  • Hand Pass
  • Zemgus Girgensons hit Seth Jones
  • Zemgus Girgensons hit Niko Mikkola
  • Darren Raddysh hit Gustav Forsling
  • Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  • Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  • Gage Goncalves hit Gustav Forsling
  • Nick Perbix Holding against Eetu Luostarinen
  • TV Timeout
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Erik Cernak Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Brandon Hagel Wrap-around Wide Left
  • Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  • Giveaway by Nick Perbix
  • Nick Paul hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Emil Lilleberg Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Erik Cernak hit Sam Reinhart
  • Jake Guentzel hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons
  • Off-side
  • Nick Paul faceoff won against Jesper Boqvist
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Puck in Netting
  • Gage Goncalves hit Niko Mikkola
  • J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  • Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  • Mitchell Chaffee hit Seth Jones
  • Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  • Icing
  • Gage Goncalves Holding against Evan Rodrigues
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  • Seth Jones shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  • Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  • Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  • Yanni Gourde hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
  • Jake Guentzel Tip-In Wide Right
  • Brayden Point Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  • Jake Guentzel Tip-In High and Wide Right
  • Puck in Netting
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  • Zemgus Girgensons hit A.J. Greer
  • Puck Frozen - Skater
  • Brayden Point Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Emil Lilleberg hit Anton Lundell
  • On-Ice Official
  • Mitchell Chaffee hit Nate Schmidt
  • Zemgus Girgensons hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Emil Lilleberg Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Nick Perbix Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mitchell Chaffee Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Emil Lilleberg (1), Nick Perbix (1)
  • Erik Cernak Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (3)
  • Icing
  • Brayden Point faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Giveaway by Erik Cernak
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  • Icing
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Victor Hedman
  • Victor Hedman Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Emil Lilleberg hit Sam Reinhart
  • Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  • Gage Goncalves hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Off-side
  • Icing
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Darren Raddysh Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  • Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Brayden Point
  • Erik Cernak hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Icing
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Giveaway by Victor Hedman
  • J.J. Moser Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Victor Hedman hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Zemgus Girgensons hit Niko Mikkola
  • Video Review
  • Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Victor Hedman Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Victor Hedman Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  • Brayden Point High-sticking against Eetu Luostarinen
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Challenge Vis - off-side - no goal
  • Off-side
  • Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Erik Cernak hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Erik Cernak Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Ryan McDonagh Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Paul faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Mitchell Chaffee hit Nate Schmidt
  • Icing
  • Brayden Point faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  • Puck in Netting
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Erik Cernak hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Icing
  • Nick Paul faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Victor Hedman Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Yanni Gourde Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Zemgus Girgensons Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Ryan McDonagh hit Sam Reinhart
  • Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  • Icing
  • Brayden Point faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  • Takeaway by Darren Raddysh
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  • Victor Hedman Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Yanni Gourde Tip-In Wide Right
  • Victor Hedman hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Yanni Gourde Tip-In Wide Right
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